Eastern film director walked around to guillotine (10)
I believe the answer is:
decapitate
'guillotine' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'eastern film director walked around' is the wordplay.
'eastern' becomes 'e'.
'film director' becomes 'tati' (French filmmaker Jacques Tati).
'walked' becomes 'paced' (pacing is a kind of walking).
'around' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'e'+'tati'+'paced'='etatipaced'
'etatipaced' back-to-front is 'DECAPITATE'.
'to' is the link.
(Other definitions for decapitate that I've seen before include "Behead" , "To take top off" , "remove nut" , "guillotine" .)